Data for 1993

Infant Mortality Rate, 1993

Name: Infant Mortality Rate, 1993
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/

1993, as UN IGME’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

The infant mortality rate is how many children out of every thousand born alive die before their first birthday. Most child deaths happen in the first year, and many in the first month, so it is the part of child mortality most tied to care around birth — clean delivery, newborn care and vaccination.

Infant Mortality Rate, 1993 covers 200 countries on 3 measures. Somalia is highest, at 218.460; Japan is lowest, at 4.360. The middle country reads 33.300. Against 1992, 200 values changed (31 up, 169 down), the same countries are covered.

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Infant Mortality Rate · Data for 1993

HighestSomalia

218.460

LowestJapan

4.360

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

200countries
3measures per country
1993the year it describes
200distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Infant Mortality Rate, 1993, as published. UN IGME ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Infant Mortality Rate, 1993: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	218.460	172.000	284.43
2	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	169.821	155.533	185.47
3	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	163.430	134.489	190.90
4	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	145.490	131.723	160.69
5	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	143.075	131.737	155.65
6	Niger`NER`Western Africa	138.852	129.492	149.36
7	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	134.481	125.135	144.38
8	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	133.141	121.907	145.06
9	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	124.006	115.113	133.33
10	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	122.572	115.363	130.37
11	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	119.339	106.325	134.05
12	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	119.086	111.763	126.90
13	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	117.860	109.537	126.79
14	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	117.848	106.255	130.35
15	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	116.872	104.815	131.18
16	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	112.203	103.566	121.47
17	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	111.452	104.124	119.49
18	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	106.943	96.390	118.55
19	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	106.661	102.748	111.04
20	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	104.705	98.168	111.63
21	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	103.524	96.951	110.19
22	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	102.399	94.081	111.71
23	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	101.793	94.815	109.18
24	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	101.549	94.929	108.59
25	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	100.663	94.232	107.41
26	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	100.312	93.320	108.15
27	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	99.735	89.422	111.42
28	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	95.736	86.599	106.03
29	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	92.111	86.352	98.35
30	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	91.603	83.675	100.32
31	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	91.417	83.870	99.27
32	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	90.958	84.595	97.70
33	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	90.131	83.604	97.54
34	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	88.181	82.764	94.13
35	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	85.746	78.201	94.04
36	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	85.534	73.496	99.09
37	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	85.229	82.365	88.23
38	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	84.374	78.353	91.02
39	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	84.356	74.159	97.53
40	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	83.844	73.582	94.36
41	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	83.767	77.860	89.96
42	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	83.756	76.618	91.58
43	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	82.470	76.408	89.29
44	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	81.421	74.947	88.76
45	Bolivia`BOL`South America	79.734	75.074	84.82
46	India`IND`Southern Asia	78.983	76.245	81.81
47	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	77.153	69.658	85.53
48	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	75.103	60.929	93.53
49	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	74.789	68.080	82.25
50	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	73.683	69.769	77.89
51	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	72.741	66.482	79.74
52	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	71.156	66.480	76.13
53	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	71.050	64.496	78.34
54	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	68.827	64.982	72.95
55	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	67.075	61.801	72.71
56	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	66.887	59.039	76.97
57	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	65.894	58.184	74.32
58	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	62.411	55.263	70.37
59	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	62.335	56.425	69.01
60	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	61.491	54.629	69.16
61	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	61.402	55.908	67.44
62	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	60.809	54.086	68.40
63	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	59.184	55.865	62.60
64	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	58.910	54.429	63.72
65	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	57.806	51.589	64.70
66	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	57.041	50.534	64.46
67	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	56.778	54.068	59.68
68	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	56.774	49.572	65.24
69	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	55.234	49.621	61.32
70	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	53.504	49.849	57.29
71	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	52.782	46.791	59.59
72	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	51.001	42.353	61.42
73	Peru`PER`South America	50.875	47.974	53.95
74	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	50.437	46.751	54.56
75	Guyana`GUY`South America	49.367	44.811	54.42
76	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	48.133	44.081	52.56
77	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	47.474	41.578	54.64
78	Brazil`BRA`South America	44.917	41.883	48.17
79	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	44.596	40.319	49.36
80	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	43.429	37.858	49.74
81	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	42.983	39.244	47.18
82	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	42.802	39.032	46.98
83	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	42.722	39.896	45.77
84	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	41.680	40.175	43.20
85	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	41.326	38.871	43.99
86	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	41.232	33.053	51.07
87	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	40.099	36.540	44.03
88	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	39.620	35.777	44.04
89	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	39.524	32.784	47.82
90	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	39.397	36.091	43.04
91	Honduras`HND`Central America	39.231	36.131	42.59
92	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	37.448	33.346	42.01
93	Ecuador`ECU`South America	36.718	32.694	41.21
94	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	34.364	29.285	40.13
95	Suriname`SUR`South America	34.240	29.579	39.80
96	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	34.233	31.540	36.98
97	Paraguay`PRY`South America	34.220	30.009	38.72
98	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	33.731	29.331	38.71
99	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	33.398	26.155	42.76
100	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	33.350	30.924	36.00
101	Mexico`MEX`Central America	33.251	30.895	35.75
102	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	32.354	30.841	33.91
103	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	32.145	29.359	35.11
104	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	32.112	26.957	37.22
105	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	31.678	26.741	37.38
106	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	28.320	24.539	32.46
107	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	28.194	24.556	32.26
108	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	28.082	25.408	31.18
109	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	28.071	26.113	30.11
110	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	27.931	27.095	28.82
111	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	27.375	23.705	31.87
112	Colombia`COL`South America	27.030	25.002	29.15
113	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	26.691	23.489	30.20
114	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	26.167	24.011	28.12
115	Belize`BLZ`Central America	26.148	23.172	29.42
116	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	24.638	20.783	29.14
117	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	24.463	21.579	27.68
118	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	23.928	21.309	26.89
119	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	23.831	21.667	26.30
120	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	23.754	19.881	28.31
121	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	23.487	20.610	27.06
122	Argentina`ARG`South America	22.970	22.542	23.41
123	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	22.923	19.409	27.17
124	Panama`PAN`Central America	22.734	19.723	25.63
125	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	22.593	22.013	23.20
126	Venezuela`VEN`South America	22.356	21.933	22.77
127	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	20.849	18.374	23.56
128	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	20.066	19.562	20.60
129	Uruguay`URY`South America	19.681	19.282	20.09
130	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	19.610	17.600	21.89
131	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	19.134	16.706	21.77
132	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	18.850	16.971	21.60
133	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	18.602	17.307	19.97
134	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	18.419	17.601	19.25
135	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	18.148	17.510	18.80
136	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	17.725	17.397	18.06
137	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	17.508	17.171	17.84
138	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	17.048	14.347	20.40
139	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	17.021	16.171	17.94
140	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	16.625	11.804	23.29
141	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	16.556	15.768	17.41
142	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	16.293	15.059	17.60
143	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	16.197	13.641	19.15
144	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	15.674	15.121	16.26
145	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	15.415	15.077	15.76
146	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	14.991	14.087	15.96
147	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	14.307	13.815	14.81
148	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	14.303	13.636	15.02
149	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	14.286	10.002	20.17
150	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	14.252	13.296	15.28
151	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	13.892	13.600	14.20
152	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	13.624	12.964	14.31
153	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	13.426	12.909	13.95
154	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	13.076	12.804	13.37
155	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	12.765	8.709	18.68
156	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	12.744	12.363	13.13
157	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	12.670	12.400	12.95
158	Chile`CHL`South America	12.542	12.248	12.84
159	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	12.346	12.090	12.61
160	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	12.305	11.185	13.55
161	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	12.047	10.769	13.50
162	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	11.143	10.871	11.43
163	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	10.803	10.600	11.02
164	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	10.213	9.613	10.84
165	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	10.125	9.568	10.73
166	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	9.446	9.141	9.75
167	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	9.413	8.911	9.94
168	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	9.336	8.290	10.48
169	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	9.075	8.523	9.66
170	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	8.959	8.318	9.62
171	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	8.830	8.628	9.03
172	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	8.630	8.416	8.85
173	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	8.625	5.794	12.98
174	United States`USA`Northern America	8.465	8.328	8.60
175	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	8.340	2.667	26.15
176	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	8.122	7.960	8.31
177	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	8.005	7.806	8.20
178	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	7.802	7.572	8.02
179	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	7.264	7.127	7.41
180	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	7.260	7.094	7.45
181	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	7.092	6.788	7.40
182	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6.615	6.433	6.81
183	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	6.533	6.395	6.66
184	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	6.361	6.074	6.63
185	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	6.329	6.211	6.45
186	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	6.318	6.196	6.44
187	France`FRA`Western Europe	6.206	6.088	6.33
188	Canada`CAN`Northern America	6.155	6.049	6.26
189	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	6.070	5.563	6.61
190	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	6.067	5.958	6.18
191	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	6.024	5.820	6.23
192	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	5.841	5.739	5.95
193	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	5.759	5.598	5.92
194	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	5.539	5.201	5.89
195	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	5.352	5.153	5.56
196	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	4.781	4.613	4.95
197	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	4.762	4.621	4.90
198	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	4.584	4.370	4.80
199	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	4.558	4.152	5.02
200	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4.360	4.278	4.45

02In 1993

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

1Somalia218.460
2Liberia169.821
3South Sudan163.430
4Timor-Leste145.490
5Mozambique143.075

Lowest

200Japan4.360
199Iceland4.558
198Singapore4.584
197Sweden4.762
196Finland4.781

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 33.300. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestSomalia172.000
LowestAndorra2.667
Middle country: 29.345
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestSomalia284.43
LowestJapan4.45
Middle country: 37.10

031992 → 1993

Since 1992

What changed between 1992 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
200values changed, of 200 in both
31 · 169rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Rwanda101.475 → 111.452+9.976
Burundi94.045 → 99.735+5.690
Tajikistan81.243 → 83.756+2.513
Republic of the Congo60.461 → 62.411+1.949
Zimbabwe53.657 → 55.234+1.577

Fell most

Timor-Leste153.486 → 145.490−7.996
Kosovo80.374 → 75.103−5.271
Somalia223.230 → 218.460−4.770
Nepal92.545 → 88.181−4.364
Afghanistan137.156 → 133.141−4.015

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

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One year of the 2025 release
Every year in this series comes from UN IGME’s 2025 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1993.
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UN IGME publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 200 countries has every column.

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UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (1993). Infant Mortality Rate, 1993 [data set], describing 1993. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/infant-mortality/1993

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